Updated version of the manta frame

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:21 am

Strange Industries has been at it again, putting together a new military frame that blends aeronautics and astronautics, and maybe aesthetics.

The frame can replace any of the Evochron Legends military frames.

Download: http://www.filefront.com/15262759/manta.zip

At some point I'll have to work out how to get the textures to map properly to the model.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:53 am

Cool one!:)

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:24 am

Whoa!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:32 am

The mods keep getting better and more and more.......

DennyMala · Post by **DennyMala** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:00 pm

Really very good looking. Sleek and deadly.

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:32 pm

Strange Industries have done it again!
[Or is it the first time?]

BraveHart · Post by **BraveHart** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:13 pm

Awesome design "Strange Industries"

cheops · Post by **cheops** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:40 pm

Reminds me of a German Horton fighter only with a tail. I like it very much.

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:38 am

From where did I hear "manta" word before, I couldn't remember???

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:22 am

I'm glad you like the frame.

I don't know where else you saw 'manta.' The manta ray is a marine animal that is related to sharks.

I'll produce more as I get inspired. I haven't had much luck with texturizing it, though. I tried it in LithUnwrap only to find that the same area of the texture is used in all different parts of the model. For instance, the same area of the texture that is used for the cockpit is also used for a huge part of the left wing.

There must be some way to make the texture fit better.

Accountant · Post by **Accountant** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:23 pm

Mantas are related to sharks?! Really?

Nice frame! Very sleek and manta-ish.

-Accountant

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:16 am

I updated the manta frame. The shape is the same, but I got the UV projection better, so the texture lines are straighter and more normal looking.

The cockpit area is still not quite where I wanted it, but I don't know how to make it line up exactly right. Anyone have any ideas?

Anyway, you can get the newer one here:

http://www.filefront.com/15345795/manta.zip

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:22 am

I suppose you'll want to see what it looks like:

BraveHart · Post by **BraveHart** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:11 am

"Really Cool Nigel"

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:16 pm

Cool, thanks for the update.....

cheops · Post by **cheops** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:30 pm

thanks for the update Nigel I am going to have a play with the ship this afternoon

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:56 pm

Hey, Eclipse: that looks perfect! Thanks! How did you do the UV shift? I need instruction, like what program you used, etc.

I couldn't even see how it would look because I don't think the texture that is applied ingame is available to test with (maybe it is and I never saw it).

Anyway, I discovered that the first issue was because Truespace was applying a default UV map. Since I created it out of a cylinder, the mapping was flawed. I applied a planar map, and that worked fine. I tried shifting it, but all it ended up doing was rotating it, and I couldn't find anything in the Help about shifting the UV.

I've tried playing with Metaseq, as well, but with less than encouraging results.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:49 pm

Looks great.

Nigel_Strange · Post by **Nigel_Strange** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:59 pm

Ah, well, I don't think I have AC3D, so I'll have to find some other way. Thanks for sharing the method, though. I'm sure there must be a way to make other programs do this.